The finest engineers Germany could produce designed them. The Contax is the highest expression of photographic art and people tend to quickly fall in love with the one they buy for the simple reason it is true art.
4 is to always remember the following: There is not, never has been, and never will be a cheap good Contax. Both the Netherlands and Los Angeles have world class camera butchers working there who specialize in the ruination of Contax equipment, making it look pretty and then selling it on Ebay. 3 is never buy anything out of the City of Los Angeles, California without negotiating a return and refund agreement with the seller using the Ebay messaging system. There is no need to take the risk of buying a camera out of Europe. The highest quality Zeiss cameras are available in the USA and you can find every modem available here. Then, after World War II Germany needed dollars very badly and so the same thing happened. Keep in mind that during the 1930's there was a big depression and so Zeiss targeted the USA and sent only its best products to the USA. The USA was the prime market for Zeiss because sales in the USA generated DOLLARS. Keep in mind the 'one letter five numbers' code was used for all Zeiss-Ikon cameras (not only for Contax) so these codes do not indicate total Contax production.
They may also have been worked on by the criminal camera wrecking gang in the Netherlands even though the camera is being sold out of another country. The problem with European cameras is that they have all been through at least one or more wars. Rule Number Two is to never buy a camera out of Europe unless you can avoid it. I've seen enough of them to never want to see another.
These cameras have been totally wrecked and are extraordinarily expensive to make right. There is a gang of camera butchers working out of the Netherlands selling cameras advertised to be 'superb' or 'CLA'd' such as Contaxes, Super Ikontas and other Zeiss cameras. I could write for hours about this tip and the consequences of violating it but will just say 'DON'T DO IT. Do not buy anything out of the Netherlands under any conditions. Purchasing a Contax IIa/IIIa? Rule Number One, which under no conditions must ever be violated, is very simple.
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